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Aircraft bench seat assembly

US11691735B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Safran Cabin Inc. · US

Inventors

Eric Heimbach · Tecate Mission Road, US
Christopher Schuttera · Tecate Mission Road, US
Scott Savian · Tecate Mission Road, US
Ian Geoffrey Scoley · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D11/0636
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bench seat assembly that includes a first seat that includes a seat portion and a back, a second seat that includes a seat portion and a back, and a center portion positioned between the first and second seats. The first seat is bifurcated by a first vertical plane, the second seat is bifurcated by a second vertical plane, and the center portion is bifurcated by a center vertical plane. The first seat is angled outwardly such that the first plane defines a first acute angle with the center plane and the second seat is angled outwardly such that the second plane defines a second acute angle with the center plane. The first acute angle and the second acute angle are approximately the same.

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